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Upcoming Events
- Tues Oct 13 - Family Night at Wayback Burgers
- Thu Oct 15 - Volunteer Kickoff Night
- Wed Oct 21 - Unity Day - Wear ORANGE
- Thu Oct 22 - PTSA Board Meeting, 6:30pm School Library
- Fri Oct 23 - Reflections Art Contest Deadline
- Wed Oct 28 - Box Top Classroom Competition Deadline
- Thurs Oct 29 - Pumpkin and A Poem
- Tues Nov 3 - Reflections Art Show / Book Fair
- Wed Nov 4 - Book Fair
- Wed Nov 11 - No School! Veterans' Day
- Fri Nov 13 - Picture Retake Day
- Thu Nov 19 - PTSA Board Meeting, 6:30 School Library
- Thu Dec 17 - PTSA Board Meeting, 6:30 School Library
Have You Joined the PTSA?
 Our goal is to reach 100% membership - where each child at the school has an adult advocating for them. We are just 90 members shy of reaching our goal. Please consider going online or filling out the membership form that came home in the back to school packets and bringing it with you to curriculum night. You can also download a new form from the PTSA website.
Why join the PTSA?
Join one of the largest volunteer organizations that advocate for our kids. And as a bonus get our school directory with the current class lists as well as other school
3. How do I join?
There are two ways to join:
Option A: Go online to our PTSA website by clicking here or the red button above. After filling out the form, click on the "Store" tab to pay for the membership you wish to purchase.
Option B: Fill out a paper form (download one online from our school PTSA site), attach a check made out to Spiritridge PTSA, and drop it off at school.
Thank You - Walk to School Day
Walk to School Day on October 7 was a big success (despite the rain!). A big THANK YOU to Melissa Saunders for organizing and Cindy Palmer for leading the walking school bus, to all our wonderful volunteers for handing out prizes, directing foot traffic, and various other tasks, and to our awesome students for walking.
Congratulations to Evida Wei - 3rd grader in Babani/Heady’s class and Mrs. Katie Young - 2nd grade teacher!
These fabulous art lovers participated and WON the “Minion Artwork” contest that was outside the art room in the hall. They accurately named the famous artworks that the Minions were in. Check out the Minion art in the hall across from the office.
Way to go, ladies!!! We are proud of you!
 
Family Night at Wayback Burgers Oct. 13
You are invited to attend a special PTSA Social Fundraising event at Wayback Burgers on Tuesday, Oct. 13 from 3-9pm. For every dollar you spend at Wayback Burgers, they will donate 15% of all proceeds to our PTSA. This will be a fun event for your family and it will greatly benefit Spiritridge. Make a playdate out of it with classmates, get to know the other parents in your class, or just have a fun family night to yourselves! The PTSA will get credit for all sales, including dine in, call in, and online orders for pickup, as long as the sales are rung up during Family Night Out. Please see flyer for more information and coupons.
Volunteer Kickoff Night - Oct. 15
 Interested in learning more about volunteering? Please join the Spiritridge CommUNITY for a Volunteer Jamboree Night on Thursday,October 15 from 6-8pm in the MPR. We will meet together for pizza and a short introduction. Then we will break out into short informational sessions that will feature:
- VIBES and mentoring
- WatchD.O.G.S.
- Panther Parents
- Classroom and Specialist volunteering
You can join the session that interests you the most and have opportunities to sign up that night. Contact volunteers@spiritridge.org for more information.
Panther Academic Challenge
 The Panther Academic Challenge is a wonderful way for students to challenge themselves and be rewarded for learning outside of school. Our goal is to foster a love of learning and exploration of topics that might not be covered in the classroom. We award a ribbon for completing each challenge as it is completed. A trophy will also be awarded to students that successfully complete 4 of our 7 challenges. Find out more about Academic Challenge here. The first Event is .....
Reflections
The Reflections program is a National PTA and WSPTA cultural arts competition. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for all students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works. We have an art show at school on Nov. 3 with the Book Fair. Winners at this school level will have their work forwarded to a competition among students from the Bellevue School District.
This year's theme is: "Let Your Imagination Fly.”
You must register online, complete the student entry form and submit your art on Friday, October 23. Visual Arts submission size maximum has changed this year to 18” x 24". Categories include: Visual Arts, Literature, Music Composition, Photography - Film/Video, Dance/Choreography. Contest details and entry forms can be found here.
Pumpkin and A Poem Oct. 29
Please join us from 6:30-8pm on Thursday, Oct. 29 for our annual "Pumpkin and A Poem" event! Bring your own pumpkin(s), carving tools, and a snack to share, and have fun carving pumpkins with friends while meeting other Spiritridge families.
Students are encouraged to write, read, or sing either known Halloween poems or songs or their own original Halloween poems or songs (optional).
Bring a healthy snack or treat to share (please label all ingredients) and come join the fun on October 29 in the MPR.
An adult must stay with the kids - this is not a drop-off event. Questions? Contact Kristi Casiano at kcasiano@comcast.net.
Box Tops Classroom Competition Deadline Oct 28
Keep cutting those box tops and soup labels to bring money into our school. 
We are holding a classroom competition, and the class with the most box tops and labels collected by October 28 will win a reward! Turn in box tops and labels to your teacher or the bin in the office. Click here for more information.
Panther Puzzle Board Round 2
The Panther Puzzle Board now shows Puzzle Number Two! The board asks you “What animal do I think I am?” Solve it using the electronic clue; and please note the solution is not a pig! The first puzzle solution ‘Lewis Carroll’ was found by Ian in Ms. Gordon’s class and Izzie in Ms. Emig’s class. Staff solution whiz was Kat Snyder.
The Puzzle Board is supported by Bellevue Schools Foundation, Spiritridge Science Week, and some number 8 self-drilling zinc lath screws. It is located in the hallway between the library and the art room. Write solutions on a slip of paper with your name and teacher and enter as many times as you like. Solvers will be announced in one week and a new puzzle will appear. One lucky solver per puzzle receives a Firefly glowing launch copter.
Thank You For A Great Walk and Roll-A-Thon
The Walk and Rollathon was a HUGE success!
Here are the results:
Mrs. Okawa's class had 100% participation and earned an extra recess!
Mrs. Guilford's class raised the most money with $3,711.67 and earned an extra recess with blow-up guitars to take home!
The students with the most number of pledges collected in grades K-2 were Kylie Monserud from Mrs. Whipple's class and Frederick Baxter from Mrs. Okawa's class. They tied with 9 pledges and both received $10 Peaks Gift Cards!
The student with the most number of pledges collected in grades 3-5 was Kemin Li from Mrs. Frieden's class! She had 20 pledges and received a $10 Peaks Gift Card!
The student that raised the most money in the whole school was Casen Frei from Mrs. Van Ryn's class. He raised $1,145 and earned a Russell Wilson Football and a $10 Peaks Gift Card!
The next highest fundraiser was Eddie Topel from Mrs. Guilford's class. He raised $1,125 and earned a Russell Wilson Football!
There was a tie for the third highest fundraiser coming in at $1,000! James Huang from Mrs. Okuri's class and Miles Lander from Mrs. Guilford's class both earned $100 Toys R' Us Gift Cards!
Peaks donated 4oz. free yogurt cards to all student Walkathon participants. They are in teacher mailboxes and will be sent home with students next week. For students raising $100 or more, keychains recognizing your fundraising efforts will be sent home this month as well.
The total amount raised for Spiritridge is $48,392! Because we met and exceeded our goal of raising $40,000, we also got to dump Gatorade on Mr. Hetherington at a special outdoor assembly! It was fabulous...and sticky! Way to go, Panthers!
Thank you so much to our wonderful commUNITY of parents, students, teachers, and staff that made this event possible and helped us to exceed our $40,000 fundraising goal! Thank you so much for devoting your time, energy, and financial support to Walkathon so that we may continue to provide the many PTSA-sponsored educational and social programs available at Spiritridge.
A huge thank you to Amy Gottlieb, our Walkathon Chair, for coordinating this big effort! A special thank you to Kelli Lewis for designing the walkathon logo this year and ordering our shirts. They looked great! Thank you to Susan Nguyen for getting the word out with all of the informative emails and posts! Thank you Jennifer Topel, Cat Snyder, and Adrienne Guitron for calculating and processing the pledge sheets, money, matching donations and all things financial! Also thank you Jennifer Topel for picking up enough apples for 660 kids along with many other crazy tasks!
Thank you to all of the volunteers that came the day of Walkathon to set-up, serve hot dogs, apply tattoos, hand out popcorn, apples, carrots, ice pops and fruit bars, punch lap cards, cheer lead, and clean up! It could not have happened without you. We really appreciate you, Sheryl Pinheiro, Zohrah Ghorishi, Cindy Palmer, Kelli Lewis, Adam King, Jyotsna Gundala, Amy Frei, Debbie Ferreria, Theresa Hriscu, Emily Taibl, Sophia Almeida, Cristi Rivas, Anne Hill, Ekaterina Badaeva, Susan Nguyen, Cony Wong, Donna Guest, Tina Ngo, Jenny Bridge, Sarah Pak-Lin, Adrienne Guitron, Kathy Meng, Deb Grover, Anusha Varadarajan, Sarah Engel, Mieko Hamblin, Jennifer Schultze, Adam King, Wei Li, Abhilash Patil, Tiffany Sanders, Hyun Kim, Radhika Narayan, Kristina Leighton, Meng Yu, Steve Shaw, Svetlana Meyerzon, SreeGeetha Dandapanthula, Matt Dahlin, Tina Ma, Katy Flaherty, Yun Zhou, Sherry Zheng, Carisa Brittain, Cat Snyder, Susie Pietz, Laura Rochford, and Jack Monserud! It was very special to see so many parents, grandparents and other family members show up to help and support, as well. Thank you! We truly have the best volunteers around!
Thank you to our fabulous volunteer DJ, Adam Harke! He really made Walkathon a Rock-and-Roll-a-thon! Thank you to Peaks Frozen Yogurt for donating $10 gift card for the winners and 4oz. free yogurt card for all of the students! Thank you to the Seattle Seahawks for donating two laser-signed Russell Wilson footballs for prizes. Go Hawks! Thank you to Crossroads QFC for donating $50 towards lunch. Thank you to Allegro Pediatrics, formerly Pediatric Associates, for being a sponsor of our event. They donated $500 to the Spiritridge PTSA!
Community News:
Break-In Alert
 Please remember to lock your vehicle and do not leave valuables in it when parking at or near school for drop off and pick up. There have been some recent break-ins in the neighborhood.
 Bellevue School District Flu Clinic
The Bellevue School District has partnered with the Seattle Visiting Nurse Association to provide "flu shot clinics" for our schools.
Clinic Locations:
* Bellevue School District Admin - ESC Building: Thursday, October 8, 2015 7:30am - 10:00am
* Bellevue High School: Thursday, October 15, 2015 3:00pm - 7:00pm
* Interlake High School: Thursday, October 22, 2015 3:00pm - 7:00pm
* Newport High School: Thursday, October 29, 2015 3:00pm - 7:00pm
* Sammamish High School: Thursday, November 5, 2015 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Click here for detailed information.
Help Make Bellevue's Streets Safer for Everyone
 Are there streets in Bellevue without adequate sidewalks or bicycle facilities? Does the behavior of people walking, bicycling, or driving in certain locations feel unsafe?
The City of Bellevue invites you to use the Pedestrian & Bicycle Implementation Initiative (PBII) wikimap to identify locations where you have noticed conditions or behaviors that are unsafe for people walking and bicycling.
Bellevue Schools Foundation - Education Connections
The Bellevue Schools Foundation is hosting the following Education Connections Fall Series with education-related topics. Registration in advance is desirable for space and lunch planning purposes.
Click here for more information.
WHEN:
- Monday, November 16 K-12 Computer Science
- Wednesday, December 9 Early Learning
WHERE: WISC - Rainer Room, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
TechSmart Kids After School Coding Classes
 TechSmartKids, a leading provider of computer science education for K-12 is offering after school computer coding classes at Chinook Middle School this fall. Coding classes are available as fall session only or full year. Coding classes begin the week of October 5th.
TechSmartKids has a partnership with Bellevue Public Schools.
Click on the link to view classes.
Free Green Cleaning Workshops
The City of Bellevue is offering four special green clean workshops this fall. These fun, hands-on classes cover information on avoiding toxic cleaners and resources for making your own green cleaners. Attendees will receive a free green cleaning kit to take home. Adults and children over 7 are welcome to attend. If you would like to attend, registration is required. Please email recycle@bellevuewa.gov or call 425-452-6932 to register. Spaces are limited to 20 people per session. First come, first served.
Workshop dates/locations:
Thursday, October 15th
7:00-8:00PM
Bellevue Downtown Library 1111 110th Ave. NE
Tuesday, October 20th
6:30-7:30PM
North Bellevue Community Center 4063 148th Ave. NE
Tuesday, November 10th
7:00-8:00PM
Lake Hills King County Library 15590 Lake Hills Blvd.
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Spiritridge PTSA Website
Check out the Spiritridge PTSA website for information, forms, event happenings and other great information. spiritridge.my-ptsa.org.
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